tool and die makertoriveter
A tool and die maker already meets 70% of what the riveter role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
30.6/ 100
1 Share of the riveter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tool and die maker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A riveter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a tool and die maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure equipment availability
- perform test run
- prepare pieces for joining
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A riveter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tool and die maker background worth leading with.
- already held prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
- already held metal joining technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held program a CNC controller working with computers
- already held quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
- already held remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
All 24 carried skills, including the 8 the riveter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held rivet types required
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held riveting machine types optional
- required, not held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces required
- optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held statistical process control optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a riveter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply preliminary treatment to workpieces skill · cross sector
- 02 rivet types knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 24 skills that carry over
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare pieces for joining skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
- already held remove processed workpiece skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held metal joining technologies knowledge
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held program a CNC controller skill
- already held quality and cycle time optimisation knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held supply machine with appropriate tools skill
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances optional
- optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
- optional, not held riveting machine types optional
- optional, not held statistical process control optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
30 held skills the riveter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust cut sizes skill
- not needed by the target role adjust temperature gauges skill
- not needed by the target role apply polishing lubricants skill
- not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role cutting technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role deburring processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role dies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure correct metal temperature skill
- not needed by the target role forging processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role imitation jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role join metals skill
- not needed by the target role machine tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain edged hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal forming technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor gauge skill
- not needed by the target role monitor moving workpiece in a machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate file for deburring skill
- not needed by the target role operate grinding hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal polishing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform product testing skill
- not needed by the target role remove scale from metal workpiece skill
- not needed by the target role smooth burred surfaces skill
- not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
- not needed by the target role tend deburring machine skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held rivet types required
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held riveting machine types optional
- optional, not held statistical process control optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.